Weather-strip



I NiTED STATES PATENT WEATHER-STRI P.`

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters atent No. 530,576, dated December11, 1894.

Application filed February 17,71894. Serial No. 500,445. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DALLAs A. BODIKER and JOHN H. BODIER,,of Dayton,county of Montgomery, State of Ohio, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Weather- Strips; and we do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invcntion, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being'had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Our invention relates to improvements in weather strips. i

The object of the invention is to provide a weather strip that may becarried in stock in retail stores and placed on doors or windows by thepurchaser. A weather strip that may be thus sold and placed in positionby the purchaser, whether or not such person possesses any mechanicalability, must of necessity be simple as Well as meritorious.

A further object is to provide a device of this Character that may beapplied to doors of a variety of sizes owing to certain adj ustablefeatures, all of which will be fully described in the specification andpointed out in the claim.

Figure 1, is a perspective of the lower portion of a` door,'having ourWeather strip attached thereto; Fig. 2, detail, detached views of theeccentric screw; Fig. 3, a rear elevation of the plates comprising theweather strip, detached Fig. 4, a detached detail view of the spring;Fig. 5, a section of the lower portion of the door, and sill through theweather strip on the line w-x of Fig. 3; Fig. 6, a longitudinalelevationv of the angular strips constituting a part of the Weatherstrip; Fig. 7, a Vertical section, of the weather strip and part of thedoor; Fig. 8, a Vertical section through the lower or curved platesforming part of the weather strip, the lower portion broken away.

The weather strip is composed of sheetl metal, preferably non-corrosive,and in four pieces. The upper pieces A and B are augular in crosssection, and are Curved inwarclly at their upper horizontal edges (a)where they come in contact with the door, Whereby rain striking againstthe`` door, is carried od over` the weather strip, and a closeconnection is made to exclude air. These strips fit snugly one on top ofthe other, and the combined length thereof may be made to conform to thewidth of the door.

C and D represent the lower plates of curvilinear form in cross section.likewise fit in each other and are subjected to a longitudinal adjustment similar to the plates A and B. This adj usting feature is madesimple and reliable by constructing the horizontal edges of one of saidplates with-longitudinal beads or channels b in which the edges c of theother of said plates fit and are adapted to slide. The edges c areturned as shown in Fig. 8 to increase the diameter thereof and alford asliding surface to fit in the channels b. Links having eyes e for thepassage of screws, are coupled to the upper edges of the plates O and D.Similar openings are provided in plates A` and B.`l

In attaching the device to a door, the upper plates A and B lap over theupper horizontal edges of the plates O and D, and asingle screw entersthe eyes e and f thereby securing both sets of plates to the door, afterhaving been previously adj usted the required length.

E is a plate of spring metal secured at either end of the assembledstrips and under them so as to exert a normal pressure outwardly againstsaid strips. The attachment is made by one of the screws passing throughan eye in the upper end of the spring. To regulate the strips withregard to the pressure exerted by this spring, and With reference totheir proximity to the sill F, we provide an adjustable screw H with an`eccentric head. This screw is inserted in the frame I adjacent to :thesill F and maybe turned so as to bring any part of the head thereof in aposition to meet the strips when the door is closed and thus the stripsmay be brought as close as desired to the sill of the door. This is animportant factor in lpreserving the usefulness of the device, asconstant usage is apt'to cause the strips to lay away from the sill.

I-Iaving described our invention, we c1aim-- In a weather strip, thecombination of the curved plates O and D, the former having itshorizontal edges turned to inclose the hori- These plates i IOO zontaledges of the latter,whereby said plates the other, the angular plates Aand B inelosing the upper horizontal edges of the plates C and D and theserew F provided with an eccentrie head by means of which the plates Cand D may be adjnsted with reference to the proximity of their lowerhorizontal edges, to the threshhold of the door, snbstantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set om` hands this 8th day ofDecember, 1893.

DALLAS A. BODIKER. JOHN H. BODIKER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE H. W001), R. J. MCCARTY.

